birthday cake

el pastel de cumpleaños

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (culinary)

a. el pastel de cumpleaños

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

When I was seven, my mom dropped my birthday cake on the ground.Cuando tenía siete años, mi mamá dejó que mi pastel de cumpleaños se cayera al suelo.

b. la torta de cumpleaños

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela

(South America)

What flavor of birthday cake do you want?¿Qué sabor de torta de cumpleaños quieres?

c. el bizcocho de cumpleaños

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Colombia

(Colombia)

Regionalism used in Puerto Rico

(Puerto Rico)

Is there any birthday cake left over? I'm hungry.¿Sobró bizcocho de cumpleaños? Tengo hambre.

d. el queque de cumpleaños

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

Regionalism used in Costa Rica

(Costa Rica)

Regionalism used in Honduras

(Honduras)

Regionalism used in Nicaragua

(Nicaragua)

I'll take care of the birthday cake and the candles.Yo me encargo del queque de cumpleaños y de las velas.

e. la tarta de cumpleaños

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

Regionalism used in Spain

(Spain)

What a beautiful birthday cake!¡Qué hermosa tarta de cumpleaños!

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